author
Amy Ella Blanchard
1856–1926
A prolific American writer of children's stories, she filled her books with warm family scenes, everyday adventures, and the small dramas of growing up. Her fiction was especially popular with young readers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
41 Audiobooks
Little Maid Marian
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Little Miss Oddity
by Amy Ella Blanchard
A Dear Little Girl at School
by Amy Ella Blanchard
An Everyday Girl: A Story
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Talbot's Angles
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Worth his while
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Nancy first and last
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Wits' End
by Amy Ella Blanchard
A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays
by Amy Ella Blanchard
A Sweet Little Maid
by Amy Ella Blanchard
The four Corners in camp
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Mabel's mishap
by Amy Ella Blanchard
A Dear Little Girl
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Three pretty maids
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Little Miss Mouse
by Amy Ella Blanchard
The four Corners
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Kittyboy's Christmas
by Amy Ella Blanchard
A Dear Little Girl's Summer Holidays
by Amy Ella Blanchard
The four Corners in Japan
by Amy Ella Blanchard
A heroine of 1812 : A Maryland romance
by Amy Ella Blanchard
The four Corners abroad
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Three Little Cousins
by Amy Ella Blanchard
The four Corners in California
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Bonny bairns
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Elizabeth, Betsy, and Bess—schoolmates
by Amy Ella Blanchard
An independent daughter
by Amy Ella Blanchard
The glad lady
by Amy Ella Blanchard
A journey of joy
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Because of conscience : Being a novel relating to the adventures of certain Huguenots in old New York
by Amy Ella Blanchard
A gentle pioneer : Being the story of the early days in the new west
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Dimple Dallas : The further fortunes of a sweet little maid
by Amy Ella Blanchard
A little maid of Picardy
by Amy Ella Blanchard
From Tenderfoot to Golden Eaglet : A Girl Scout story
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Janet's college career
by Amy Ella Blanchard
A loyal lass : A story of the Niagara campaign
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Wee babies
by Amy Ella Blanchard
A frontier knight : A story of early Texan border-life
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Playmate Polly
by Amy Ella Blanchard
The wonderful fan
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Hearts and clubs : A comedy in three acts
by Amy Ella Blanchard
Girls together
by Amy Ella Blanchard
About the author
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Amy Ella Blanchard was an American author remembered for a long and productive career in children's literature. She studied art in New York and Philadelphia and also taught drawing and painting for a time before turning fully to writing.
Blanchard wrote a large number of books for young readers, often centered on family life, friendship, and girls' everyday experiences. Her stories have a gentle, old-fashioned charm, with an easy interest in home, manners, and childhood adventure.
She is also associated with illustrator Ida Waugh, with whom she shared a long personal and creative connection. Today, Blanchard is mainly known through reprints, library collections, and public-domain editions that keep her work available for new generations of readers.